Thanks....I'm with ya now ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:38 AM Subject: RE: Ajax
> Imagine a web page with a search box on the side. When you type in a > search > term and hit submit, the space below the search box is 'filled' with > search > results. The page is not reloaded, there are no frames. > You want to use it when you have a single page 'application' with multiple > sections that you want altered without doing a page refresh. You want to > refresh the specific section as if it was in its own frame but its not in > a > frame. > >> Can someone explain in broad terms what Ajax et al can do? why would I >> want >> to use it? >> >> ....and yes Mike...I'll sign up for the new list ;-) >> >> Cheers >> >> Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. >> VP & Director of E-Commerce Development >> Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. >> phone: 250.480.0642 >> fax: 250.480.1264 >> cell: 250.920.8830 >> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> web: www.electricedgesystems.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:27 AM >> Subject: Re: Ajax >> >> >> > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:08:51 +0100, Micha Schopman >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Rob, >> >> >> >> Ajax isn't from Google. It is a name "thought up" by someone from >> >> Adaptive Path which probably did it because of personal PR stunt, but >> >> the name eventually floated around the blogs as the new handle for the >> >> combination of xhtml + css + xmlhttprequest. It is easier to say Ajax, >> >> than Single Paged Interface, XmlHttpRequest, Dynamic JavaScript >> >> MuchoBlabla framework, etc. >> > >> > Ah I didn't know that - I've only perused the links as I kind of know >> > how it works already >> > >> >> However, this approach to the web isn't something Google invented, >> > >> > yeah no kidding ;-D - Neuromancer was out around the same time as Flex >> > which was well before this stuff started going around. >> > >> >> So for me it is funny to see the "Google" invented it stamp on it, >> >> because others like Erik (webfx) have been using it for quite some >> >> time >> >> now. It only needed that enormous exposure, and I hope it continuous. >> > >> > Yeah me too >> > >> >> So, just use Ajax, Google has nothing to do with it, except doing >> >> marketing for us developers. >> > >> > Well, Neuromancer is a set of libraries that abstract, use, provide >> > factories for, and marshal objects using Ajax then - :) >> > >> > Thanks for the clear up Micha >> > >> > -- >> > ~Blog~ >> > http://www.robrohan.com >> > ~The cfml plug-in for eclipse~ >> > http://cfeclipse.tigris.org >> > ~open source xslt IDE~ >> > http://treebeard.sourceforge.net >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199153 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
